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Now that the campaign has begun for the presidential election for 2012, some of the Republican hopefuls have once again announced their support for the Flat (or as they like to call it the “Fair” Tax). Unfortunately, the tax is in no way fair, as it places a disproportionate tax burden upon the lower middle class, but that aside, there are a number of other negative side effects that the supporters of the tax rarely discuss and certainly do not dispose of.